2 Chronicles 20:1:102 Chr.20.1.W10TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
lamilkhama
“for the battle or for war”
- Transliteration
- la-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lah-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /lam.mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the battle or for war
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN ba-U be-NE-MO-av u-ve-NE a-MON ve-i-MA-hem me-ha-a-mo-NIM al-ye-ho-sha-FAT la-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-Yehoshaphat {עַל־יְהוֹשָׁפָט | ʿal-yĕhôšāp̄āṭ} ‘against Jehoshaphat’ identifies the target, and la-milchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-milḥāmā} ‘for battle’ defines the martial intent. The asyndetic coordination of forces underscores the coalition’s unified threat.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–chet–mem
“to fight”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:1
And it happened after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunites , came against Jehoshaphat for battle.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 20:1, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (lamilkhama) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.20.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.1.W10.S1) and character.